Grignard: A fictitious class of compounds often found on organic
exams and never in real life.
-- The Ultimate Scientific Dictionary
exams and never in real life.
-- The Ultimate Scientific Dictionary
Related:
- Organic Chemistry: The practice of transmuting vile substances into
publications.
The Ultimate Scientific... - Chemical Engineering: The practice of doing for a profit what an organic
chemist only does for fun.
The Ultimate Scientific... - Inorganic Chemistry: That which is left over after the organic,
analytical, and physical chemists get through picking... - First Order Reaction: The reaction that occurs first,
not always the one desired. For example, the formation... - Natural Product: A substance that earns organic chemists fame and glory
when they manage to systhesize it with great difficulty,
while Nature gets no credit for making it with great... - Scientific Method: The widely held philosophy that a theory can never be
proved,
only disproved, and that all attempts to explain... - Biological Science: A contradiction in terms.
--
The Ultimate Scientific... - Flame Test: Trial by fire.
--
The Ultimate Scientific... - Sagan: The international unit of humility.
--
The Ultimate Scientific...
